Running-gear for motor-vehicles.



D. M. BEARING.

RUNNING GEAR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION mum ROY. 12. 1009.

1,026,851. Patented May'2l, 1 12.

j; awn onto M. M 5; W -615/W citizen of the United States,

ITED "P NT I D VID M. IDEARING, or JACKSON, 'mdmemi j .jm mme s ro'nMo'roR-vnmonris." I

Application filed'November 12, 1909. sensing;senses-.

To all whom it may concern? 1 I I Be it knownthat I, DAVID DEARING, a

residing at Jackson, in the county of J ackson and-State of Micl'ligan,haveinvented certai'n'ne w and.

useful Improvements in Running-Gear for Motor-Vehicles i and do. declarethe fol- 'lowin to be a full, clear, and exact descripf" tion 'of theinvention, such as will enable.

othersskilled in the art to which. it apper I tains to make and usethesame- .{.f I This invention relates tdimprovements'mf running gearsfor-motor vehicles and more especially for providing. a yieldingsupporti-ng framethereforl I -The'primaryobject'of the invention is to Iprovide pivotallyv yielding constructively arranged'frame which isadapted toybe properly'held in its relative position in re: I ,1

spect to the body of the vehiclea II v Briefly statedthte'- inventionconsists .of the -employment .of twp hinged-1y connected "hicle', theup'penmembr ;havin members; the lower one of which is adapted to'berigidly secured to the axle of the veyielding springs disposed betweenitsXen sand the? 1 d of the securing portions oft-he first -.=nja1nedmember, whereby the same is yieldl havingiits' opposite endssupported;and).

properly positioned above the rvable men I- in 'ly supported asupportingcrossbar to wfiich the body df'theivehi'cle is secured and ber of theframe previously reIerred to centralizingsprings positionedabove the Iyielding opposite ends of; the frame, and" brace rodslnov'ablyatt-ached-to theoppor fsitely -connected arms of the framewhereby the vehicle;

em 'e'nts of parts as will be more. fully descri ed -and'claimed;

' .is .a -rear, view of-tjhe supporting :frame'ponstructed-accordin tothe .in'ventionyFi'g. 2'

' is a central vert cal sectionof the samei' Fig; 3 is a front-view of aslightly-modified.

' arrangement of the? form of. connection .shown'in' Fig. 1 with thesupporting-frame" removed therefrom;' Fig.' 4 is bottom plain view ofthe upper hollow-bolster; and ig;

v5 is a top plan. view of the same; j

pails otplates. 10, which -oppo'site;s'1desfofjtheaxle and are securedtheret Lhy transversely lis'pesed bolts or "other suitable fasteningdQVICS located be .samebeing it Referring to-the illustrative employmentofthe invention 1; designates the front cross bar of the supportingframe to which the body of the'jv'ehicle is adapted. iobe secured in theusu'almanner, and 2 the side-bars of the frame which are connected bysaid cross. bar-.1 as shownf'in Fi v2 The side bars 2 I I yand curveddownww-ardly' and movably' secured to their ends are extended rearwar ison'e'end of theellip tic springs, 3 the oppo- Specification of Lettershat-slit. 191 2,

site ends rfof the latter-being movably attached to. 'tlielugs' 4, depenng from the Side barsiQ, I

The flower constructive portion ofthe frame com 'ris'es a channelshapedbar 8 which l'swi erat its central portion and has 1ts upper'edgestapered or inclined from the center toward the. outer ends, as shown;

Thejlowermember has fornr'ed on its lower; "I

sideand i'atii i ts fopfpo itefends spacing blocks 9 -.which are 1'engage:

- t t ee 1adja-Q icenvt' iq hd ffled hejmember .8 [is I'se- I curelyifastened to the's ias e atythe points of. engagement by". downwardlyprojecting closely engage the low saidaxle. In thecentral-(portionof thelower mem-r alin'ed {bearing apertures.

her. 8' are" 'forme 11 and whensaid upper and lower members of theconnections are-assembled, the upper member is insertedzin the lowerinember and the qa'lined apertures 1 in "said membersbroughtoppositeeach other and through '(not shown) is freely passed.

Between the outer separated .en'ds'of the 13 and t'o'tho lower. sidesof' the axle 5, im-

hrace"1'ods 14,;the connected ends'of the provided with 'a' soeket jointfor the purpose herelna-fter described.

and their arrangement and ositio in respect to the plates-10 the yieding-supportingframe thus constructed is permitted to resilientlyaccommodate for the various angles and inclinations ofthe body 'toff;thefve-f .1 0

"saidapertures is inserted a tubular bearing shaft 12', througlrwhichthe cranking shaft I i as members 6 and 8 of the frame are disposedcolled cush oning or shock abso'rbin'g springs" me'diately belowltheconnected j-ends of the fixed member 8' of the frame are movably 1'seoured the ends of rearwardly projecting theemployment of thebracerodsl -t hicle, said rods being adapted to further prevent thelateraldisplacement of the parts thus connectively and yieldinglyarranged.

'resorted to withoutprinciple or sacrificing and the minor details ofconstructionmay. be

any of the advantages of the invention as defined and claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a motor vehiclerunning gear compris ing a supporting frame members hingedlyconnected'with their ends separated, springs disposed between theopposite ends'ofthe members of'the frame whereby the upper sectionthereof is held composed of two departing from the IIGSSES.

substantially in a;horiz0nta1 position -a-body supporting frame,elliptic springs having their opposite ends movably attached to the lastnamed frame with their medial portions secured to the opposite ends ofthe movable portion of adjacent to the opposite ends thereof andimmediately above the coiled springs posithe supporting frame tionedbelow the same, and brace rods secured-to the attaching ends of thelower fixed member of the supporting frame and below the axle'of thevehicle whereby the parts yieldingly connected are held intheir properposition in respect to the ho 1y supporting frame. 1

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set' my hand in presence of twosubscribing witlVitnesses J AMES ALLEN, SAMUEL L. .BECK.

'DAVID M. DEARING.

